57-year-old Chinese woman has twins after death of adult son

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2015-03-10

Wu Muxiang, front, and her husband. (Internet photo)

A Chinese couple now in their late 50s spent their life savings on fertility treatment and have successfully given birth to a pair of twins, reports Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper.

Wu Muxiang, now 57, and her husband were devastated when their only child, a son, died of a cerebral embolism aged 26, eight months before his wedding.

"My children are my life," said Wu, who has recently been released from the hospital after giving birth the a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. It took the couple nine attempts at IVF and all their savings to get to this point.

Their effort did not go without challenges. The twins arrived almost nine weeks before they were due and were placed in an intensive care unit immediately after birth. They are now doing well.

"All I wish everyday now is to see my children during visiting hours," Wu said.